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Virtual Water

James David Morgan wrote this post at 11:07 am on November 6th, 2007.

The Virtual Water Project has produced a striking poster that visualizes water consumption inherent in the products we buy, as well as our national annual rate of consumption. Timm Kekeritz, the poster’s creator, was inspired by a UNESCO report entitled Water Footprint of Nations.

Water Footprint of Nations

The main intention of this poster is to show how much freshwater is used to produce selected products – hoping for people to rethink their consumption patterns. The visualization of nation’s footprints tries to draw the big picture and sensitize for local problems in differnt parts of the world.

You can find out more about the theory behind water footprints at waterfootprint.org.

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